Device for dispensing toilet-seat covers



A. MARONI DEVICE FOR DISPENSING TOILET SEAT COVERS Filed Jan. 6, 19 267 2 SheetsSheet 1 NVENTOZ ATTOEN Y Nov. 30, 1926. 1,808,988

A. M ARONI DEVICE FOR DISPENSINGYTOILE-T SEATCOVERS Filed Jan. 6, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOE I I n-r-roesev Patented Nov. 30, 1926.

UNITED STATESv PATENT ()FFICE.

DEVICE FOR DISPENSING TOILET-SEAT CGVEIt-S.

Application filed January 6,1926.

This invention relates to an improved device for dispensing toilet seat covers. The invention contemplates the provision of a supply of toilet seat covers in a casing carried by or positioned near the water closet bowl. The seat covers are preferably in a roll contained in a casing provided with an opening therein through. which the covers may be drawn to position over the toilet seat. In association with the casing there is a device for severing the seat cover from the roll after use.

The invention contemplates certain features of construction and arrangement of parts that will be apparent from the following description and the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view ofthe toilet seat cover supply device in juxtaposition to the bowl with a cover shown in dotted lines in position on the bowl seat, the seat cover lid being removed;

Figure 2 is a side view of part of the bowl and of the supply device;

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view on line 33, Fig. 1;

Figure 4 is a detail sectional view of part of the supply casing and the holding device;

Figure 5 is a plan view of a detail of the construction Figure 6 is a fragmentary edge view of the detail shown in Fig. 5;

Figure 7 is an enlarged section on line 77, Fig. 5;

Figure 8 is .a sectional front elevation of the seat cover supply device; and- Figure 9 is a side view of the lever for operating the seatcover holding device.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the reference character 10 designates the usual bowl having the seat 11, and a seat cover 12, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, is adapted to cover the seat 11. The seat cover 12 is preferably of paper and is adapted to be destroyed after use.

The seat covers 12 are parts of a continuous roll that may be held by a casing 13 having removable end covers 14 held by any suitable means, preferably by the bayonet joint construction 15, as shown. The casing 13 is positioned near the bowl 10 and is preferably carried thereby on brackets 16 secured to the bowl 10 by the lugs or bolts 17 having their lower ends threaded for the holding nuts 18. The brackets 16 have secured there Serial No. 79,513.

to, or preferably formed integral therewith, as shown, the curved arms 19 to which is bolted the casing 13, as at 20, as is clearly shown in Fig. 3. A U-shaped member 21 is attached to the front of the casing 13, as by rivets 21, and has the bowl cover lid 22 pivotally mounted thereon or hinged thereto.

The front of the casing 13 has an opening or slot 23 for the passage of the seat covers therethrough Near this opening 23 and formed, preferably, as a continuation of the caslng 13 is a shelf 24 having at the ends thereof downwardly turned and reversed extensions, or hook-like terminals, 25. A plate 26 having longitudinally spaced slots 27 and downwardly turned and reversed end extensions 28 is carried by the shelf member 24, the end extensions 28 fitting over the end extensions 25, as shown more clearly by Fig. 8. The details of the construction of the slotted plate 26 are shown by Figs. 5, 6 and 7. The plate 26 is preferably made of sheet metal and has a longitudinally extending bent under portion 29. The ears 28 are formed from the front plate and the bent under portion 29, it being understood that this latter portion 29 is cut away between the end extensions 28, as shown by Fig. 7 and indicated. by the dotted line 30 in Fig. 5. The extensions 28 are pinched, as at 31, to form shoulders 32 which abut the edges of the ends of the extensions 25 when the plate 26 is positioned on the shelf 24.

The plate 26 forms one part of a holding device for the seat covers as will presently be made apparent. The other part of the holding device is movable and has lugs that fit into the slots 27 to grip the paper seat cover to hold it so that it may be torn off from the roll and destroyed. A supporting member 33 has its ends secured in the ex tensions 25 of the plate 24, as at 34, and has downwardly extending apertured ears 35. These ears carry the opposite ends of a rod 36 which lies parallel to the front of the casing 13 below the shelf 24, as is clear- 1y shown in Figs. 4 and 8. This rod carries a movable holder member 37 having spaced lugs 38, above referred to, adapted to be re ceived in the slots 27 of the holder plate 26. Coil springs 39 are mounted on the rod 36 between the ears 35 and the ends of the movable holder member 36. Each spring 39 has one end thereof secured in a notch 40 in the adjacent ear 35, and has the other end thereof arranged. to bear on. the member 36 to bias the the latter so as to normally position the lugs 38 Within the slots 27. A lever ll for actuating the movable holder 37 is fixed on one end of the rod 86 and has a head 4L2 which bears against the casing 13 to provide a stop for the movable holder member 37.

It will be understood that the casing 13 is preferably of sheet metal and that, consequently, the shelf 24: is preferably an integral part thereof. Also, most of the parts of the device are preferably of sheet metal so that the device may be made by simple me chanical operations and at comparatively low cost.

The construction, operation and utility of the device will be apparent in view of the above description. A roll of toilet seat covers may be positioned in the casing 13 upon removal of one end cover 14. One end of the roll is drawn through the opening 23 ot the casing. The lever 41 is depressed to actuate the movable holder so as to remove the lugs 38 from the slots 27 to relieve the paper sheet from pressure so as to permit the seat cover to be withdrawn from the casing through the space between the shelf 2% and the holder plate 26 to a position over boiwl seat, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. lVhen the seatcover is in position, the lever ll is permitted to return to normal position to permit the lugs 38 to enter the 27 for gripping thereiii the end of the seat cover 12 in a manner which is apparent.

After the seat cover has been used, it may be torn oii' with ease, employing the plate 26 as a straight edge, the paper being securely held by the lugs 38 in the slots 27. Subsequently, a new seat cover may be drawn from the casing in the same manner.

What is claimed isl. A container comprising a cylindrical body having a longitudinal opening therein and a shelf near said opening, a holder plate mounted on said shelf in spaced relation thereto, said holder plate having slots therein, a movable holder member carried by said shelf, said holder member having lugs for cooperation with the slots of the holder plate, spring means biasing the movable holder member to position its lugs Within said slots, and means for moving said holder member to remove the lugs thereof from said holder plate slots.

2. A container comprising a cylindrical body having a longitudinal extending opening, a holder plate and a movable holder member mounted on said container on opposite sides of said opening, one of said holder members having lugs and the other of said iolder members having lugs for cooperation with the slots, and means yieldingly urging one of said holder members toward the other so as to removably position the lugs Within the slots.

In testimony whereof, I afi'ix my signature.

ATTILIO MARONI. 

